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If the legislation is approved by Congress, the Analyzing and Leveraging Existing Rx Transactions (ALERT) Act would mandate the Department of Health and Human Services to work with the private sector on a system that can analyze data from payers and pharmacists to protect patients from opioid abuse.

Artificial intelligence is being applied by a team of scientists from Takada and institute ConvergeHealth by Deloitte to a vast amount of patient data to test how treatment-resistant depression responds to medication.

McCain, the six-term senator who passed away on the 25th of August 2018 would be remembered among many health reforms as the savior of the Affordable Care Act. He passed away after a battle with brain cancer (glioblastoma)

In a recent survey of 62 large employers by the National Business Group on Health, more than half (60%) said that they had been affected by at least one case of opioid abuse or misuse. While there is no easy solution to the current addiction problem, Boeing is making efforts to combat the issue.

According to the released report, the companies charged the state of Ohio 8.8% more than they paid to pharmacies to fill prescriptions. The companies kept the more than $224 million difference between what they charged the state and paid for the drugs.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the event which would commence on the 13th of August will feature app developers who will be tasked with building an innovative software that would help patients access and understand their health data

Nearly 1,500 antibiotic superprescribers received letters from Aetna. Six state health departments co-sponsored the efforts Aetna made as they made use of co-branded letters signed by these state officials to strengthen its messages.

UC San Diego Health has launched OpenNotes to help strengthen provider-patient partnership, improve patient safety and empower patients to play an active role in their health. The health system said that over 30% of outpatients will be able to access their doctor’s notes, and more hospitals would be added in time.

With the recent policy announcement on prescription drugs by President Trump, it is obvious that these prescriptions for lower pharma costs contrasts with what most U.S health consumers/ voters want to see.